Việt Nam News

The Politburo yesterday held a national conference on the implementation of the Party Central Committee's conclusions and regulation on Party building and rectification.

“Việt Nam has deployed multiple necessary citizen protection measures to safeguard the lives, the assets, and legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and businesses in Myanmar,” she said, in response to questions over the course of actions for Việt Nam following reports of a telecommunication company suffering from political opposition’s sabotage attacks during the political upheaval in the Southeast Asian country.

Việt Nam is committed to building a Socialist democracy and stands ready to talk with the US on any differences, the foreign ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng said in response to queries on Việt Nam not being among the invitees to the US-led Summit for Democracy.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), has highlighted the importance of building trust in solving the chemical weapon issue in Syria.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has highlighted the role of education in promoting socio-economic development in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang, saying that it should be a key way to remove bottlenecks in the locality’s development process.

The UN Security Council discussed the worldwide refugee situation at a briefing on Tuesday (US time), during which a Vietnamese diplomat called on all parties concerned to prioritise saving lives so that no one died while crossing a border or sea.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, who is also Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, has requested that the council ensure the country’s defence and security to deal with short and long-term non-traditional security challenges. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng met Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Việt Nam has called for more humanitarian aid for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) during the United Nations Security Council’s meeting on the country’s unrest and activities of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on Monday (US time).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte discussed measures to further promote the comprehensive relations between the two countries in the future during their phone talks held on Monday.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc affirmed Việt Nam’s consistent policy of prioritising and developing special solidarity with Laos while receiving President of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Hà Nội on Monday.

Việt Nam always stands side by side and stays ready to help Laos, within its ability, to push back the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told President of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane during their meeting in Hà Nội on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái has confirmed that the Government backs Samsung's long-term business strategy in Việt Nam, during a reception for business executives attended by Director-General of Samsung Việt Nam Complex Choi Joo-ho in Hà Nội on Monday.

Chairman of Việt Nam National Assembly (NA) Vương Đình Huệ and Lao counterpart Xaysomphone Phomvihane on Monday in Hà Nội discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation, as the latter is on a three-day official visit to Việt Nam.

Chairman of the Lao National Assembly Saysomphone Phomvihane will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from December 6-8

Việt Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Royal Thai Embassy in Hà Nội on Friday co-hosted a gala night celebrating 45 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Việt Nam wishes to foster cooperation with Russia across fields and channels, including the traditional friendship with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov in a meeting in Moscow.

As Chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to Resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, chaired a meeting on Thursday (local time) discussing the visit to South Sudan from November 16-20 by a committee’s delegation led by Quý.